Purpose: An intensive care unit (ICU) patient's primary care physician (PCP) may be able to
assist family with certain ICU shared medical decisions. We explored whether families of …

Background In North America, families generally wish to be involved in end-of-life decisions
when the patient cannot participate, yet little is known about the extent to which shared …

Background There is a critical need to improve support for families making difficult shared
decisions about patient care with clinicians in the neuroscience ICU (neuro-ICU). The aim of …

PURPOSE: Critical care practice embraces shared-decision making (SDM) in collaboration
with families for patients with compromised capacity in the ICU. We report a study of family …

Background: Effective communication is essential for shared decision making with families
of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), yet there is limited evidence on …

Objective: To assess parental decision-making preferences in the high-stress environment
of the pediatric intensive care unit and test whether preferences vary with demographics …

Importance Little is known about whether clinicians and surrogate decision makers follow
recommended strategies for shared decision making by incorporating intensive care unit …

There is growing recognition of the importance of communication with the family of critically
ill patients and a growing consensus that decision making in the intensive care unit (ICU) …

Importance Professional guidelines have identified key communication skills for shared
decision-making for critically ill patients, but it is unclear how intensivists interpret and …

Rationale: Families of critically ill patients are often asked to make difficult decisions to
pursue, withhold, or withdraw aggressive care or resuscitative measures, exercising …